Joanne E. Romanow
Joanne E. Romanow
Joanne E. Romanow is a member of the Family and Probate Law Group. She is a Partner of the firm and specializes in family law.
Her practice encompasses all aspects of domestic relations and probate litigation, including divorce, custody, modification, child support, paternity, guardianship, and will contests. Ms. Romanow handles high conflict disputes in a variety of litigation involving asset division, complex business valuation, inheritances, custody disputes, domestic violence and non-traditional family structure. She has been appointed as a guardian ad litem by the Probate and Family Court and has acted as parent coordinator in high conflict cases.
Prior to joining Casner & Edwards, LLP, Ms. Romanow was a partner at Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP in Newton where she concentrated in matrimonial and family law. Prior to law school, Ms. Romanow worked as a caseworker for the Onondaga County Department of Social Services, Children’s Protective Services.
Ms. Romanow is a 1975 graduate of Syracuse University, magna cum laude, and obtained her law degree from Boston College Law School in 1980. Ms. Romanow was named by her peers as one of Boston’s Best Lawyers in the area of family law as reported in the Boston Globe Magazine. She was also selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Family Law. Ms. Romanow has been recognized in the Boston Globe Magazine’s Super Lawyers in the area of family law.
Ms. Romanow is also active as a volunteer. She has served on the Board of the Medfield Destination Imagination program. She has served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center, Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Medfield Coalition for Public Education and has chaired the Coalition’s Grant Committee.
Ms. Romanow is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She is also admitted to practice in New York State. Ms. Romanow is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
- Education:
- Syracuse University
Boston College Law School - Admissions:
- Massachusetts
New York - Honors & Awards:
- New England Super Lawyer®
Best Lawyers in America® - Memberships:
- Massachusetts Bar Association
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